Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SCAFFOLDING AND LIFTS ACT 1912 - SECT 24

    (1)     The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

Note     Regulations must be notified, and presented to the Legislation Assembly, under the Legislation Act 2001 .

    (2)     The regulations may make provision—

        (a)     prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed in relation to notices of intention to set up or build or set or place in position any crane, hoist, plant or scaffolding or to erect any lift or to carry out any building work, excavation work or compressed air work; and

        (b)     prohibiting the erection or alteration of any lift, crane, or hoist without the permission of the chief inspector, and prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed in connection with applications for the permission, and the plans and descriptions and other particulars to be lodged with the applications; and

        (d)     requiring that notice shall be given to the chief inspector if the ownership or right of control of a lift has been changed by sale, transfer or otherwise; and

        (e)     requiring cranes, hoists and lifts to be registered and prescribing matters in relation to their registration; and

        (g)     relating to—

              (i)     the proper design, construction, erection, use and maintenance of cranes, hoists, lifts, plant, scaffolding and gear; and

              (ii)     the duties of persons in charge of lifts, drivers of power cranes and power hoists and of riggers, doggers, scaffolders and crane chasers; and

              (iii)     the duties of persons in charge of or engaged in the erection, use, maintenance, or dismantling of cranes, hoists, lifts, plant or scaffolding; and

              (iv)     the way of carrying out building work, excavation work or compressed air work; and

              (v)     safeguards and measures to be taken for securing the safety and health of persons engaged in building work, excavation work or compressed air work, or at or in connection with cranes, hoists, lifts, plant, scaffolding or gear; and

              (vi)     the qualifications, powers and duties of the chief inspector and inspectors; and

        (h)     prescribing the precautions and measures to be taken for securing the safety of persons if the roof of any building or structure, whether constructed or in course of construction, is, or is intended to be, sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material.

    (3)     The regulations may adopt wholly or partially either specifically or by reference any of the standard rules, codes or specifications of Standards Australia, the British Standards Institution or other recognised authority relating to the design, construction, erection, use or maintenance of cranes, hoists, lifts, plant, scaffolding or gear.

    (4)     The regulations may also prescribe offences for contraventions of the regulations and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 10 penalty units for offences against the regulations.